Venture Explorer
A born explorer's travels through the world of Venture Capital
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Like.com Raises $32M Series C
TechCrunch reports on portfolio company Like.coms recent funding.Munjals timing was exquisite and the company is now very well-positioned to not just survive, but thrive, in a tough climate.
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A Must-Read Blog for Entrepreneurs
My friend Eric Ries, co-founder/CTO of IMVU, has a great blog thats a must-read for entrepreneurs: heres the feedburner link: now! This will save you time, money, headaches and ulcers ...
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Those Who Live by the Sword ...
Cuil, a much-hyped search engine, launched yesterday. The blogosphere, after eager anticipation, has not been kind to Cuil. Web 2.0 is all about throwing things out there and seeing what works, but if you're going to drum up hype, you have to feed the hype monster tasty morsels. Th …
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Is Google's Dominance of Search Self-perpetuating?
Mashable's Stan Schroeder expounds an interesting theory: that Google's current (and expanding) dominance in web search, at least in the English-speaking world, has trained websites to do all they can to show up high on Google - to such an extent that no upstart search engine can hope to do better t …
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Is the Online Display Ad Market Being Overhyped?
Back in April, I'd written about the really slow movement of brand ad dollars online. Advertising Age just ran an article diving into some of the points I'd raised, and they're worth exploring again. There are a few choice quotes from Ad Age that I felt compelled to mention here:The inco …
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Marten Mickos of MySQL on building Open Source Software businesses
I had the privilege of attending an informal presentation by Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL, last week at SAP Labs. Marten was his usual candid self, and spoke frankly about the challenges of making money in Open Source, why MySQL sold to Sun and the ups and downs after the acquisition closed.&nb …
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Fred Wilson on how he made it as a VC
Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures just wrote a very informative and articulate post on how he made it as a VC. Heres what Fred thinks you should do (as opposed to what he did):The way you do that is you work for at least ten years in the industry, getting operating experience, building a killer …
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Judging at Under The Radar Social Media and Entertainment Summit
Ill be a judge at the Games track at the Under The Radar Social Media and Entertainment Summit June 3rd in Mountain View. Good mix of companies and Im looking forward to it!
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The Landscape of Cloud Computing
It's pretty well known that Amazon Web Services' EC2 and S3 initiatives have taken off and are gaining users not just in startup land but in Corporate America as well. Amazon provides a compute and storage cloud, and the rush of companies big (e.g., Google) and small (e.g., Nirvanix) beginning to co …
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Discounted admission to UTR Social Media and Entertainment
Dealmaker Media is offering readers $100 off the Under the Radar Social Media and Entertainment event on June 3rd in Mountain View, CA. Click here or on the image below to register with the discount.Here's the conference description (I'm a judge, btw): Under the Radar: Social Media and Ent …
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